Partitions difficile pour Big Band

A hard drivin' gospel shuffle that features alto saxophone. Need a soloist that can really get down and 'greasy' ala Sanborn. Ensemble builds a fire under the soloist. Great for showing off a great al...

Written as a tribute to the great lead alto player Johnny Hodges, this chart uses the conventional harmonic and rhythmic language of the era. Basically a blues with a bridge 'Hodge' develops in a conv...

Alto feature, starts medium slow, then to medium fast 5/4 stretto ensemble, jazz 4/4 coda slow melody super imposed on 5/4 motif.

Alto saxophone feature. A written solo & soli based on remembrances of Chu Berry by the composer. Good full harmonization ala Dirk. Inst.5 sax's,5 flugelhorns, 3 tenor trombones, bass trombone & 4rhyt...

A soulful, gospel-tinged feature for alto saxophone, this chart was written as a tribute to Tom Capps, a former student who succumbed to cancer. No doubles or difficult/technical problems, just a poig...

Feature our alto saxophone soloist on this beautiful ballad! A lyrical melody coupled with some interesting harmonic twists will provide a great vehicle for a more advanced alto player to shine! The a...

Lush & lovely, ballad feature for your most forgotten soloist...bari. Some sax dbls.

Jazz ballad. Very pretty flugel feature. A great feature for that trumpet player with that great sound. Trpt High 'C'.

A feature ballad for trombone or Flugelhorn with a double time 'bop' ensemble section. No doubles.

Clarinet feature with lush flute backgrounds. Nice full ensemble writing. Some sax doubles.

Commissioned by the Nova Jazz Orchestra in St. Paul, MN, 'A Time of Reckoning' is a piano feature, with additional solo space for guitar or vibes. This chart continues the long tradition of pieces bas...

Hints of Romanticism are evoked by this contemplative, stirring piano feature. Vetted within the BMI Jazz Composer's Workshop, this piece calls for woodwind doublings (3 flutes & 2 clarinets), fluegel...

Piano-feature in medium even-eigths tempo with a touch of Pat Metheny feel. After a 32-bar intro comes the 34-bar theme featuring piano. Then a 20-bar soft band tutti and a piano solo. After that a se...

This shuffle features the 3rd bone player playing the old familiar Frankie & Johnnie. Chart starts w/a cool vamp to set up the bone player playing the melody on plunger mute. There is plenty of soli s...

A lovely Trombone ballad feature written for Charlie Loper. Soloist is supported by lush orchestration. Excellent concert piece.

An up tempo feature for your trombone soloist. It burns right from the getgo, w/the soloist blowing over the full ens intro. The chart ends w/a hard driving blow for the band, leading up to a series o...

Also from Nick's album, this pretty 'groove' ballad feature for the Bone has a mellow ensemble & unison flute lines. Conductor's part.

Beautiful ballad feature for trombone - solo part to C5. Double-time bridge. No doubles; lead trumpet to C6.

Modal tune ala Coltrane's 'Impressions' features trombone section. Trombone 1 and 2 have improv sections. Trombone 1 blows 16 measure duet with drummer ala Coltrane/Elvin. Lead tpt tops out at C. Exci...

Arnold Schoenberg meets Neal Hefti in this drum feature. A 12-tone row, channeled through the Hagans melodic language, is used and abused as the drummer trades with the band throughout the entire piec...

Tenor feature w/ballad & dbl. x back to ballad feel. Short Piano solo in the middle.Saxes double on flute. Recorded by Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass 'Brass Is Back'.

A beautiful Tenor feature in the style of a Wayne Shorter ballad. An altered & bitonal progression give your soloist & rhy section a workout. Dbls. Opt'l Tuba, French Horn & Vibes include.

A slow, mysterious ballad feature for texor sax. Good from the mid-level high school band on up to the pros with lead trumpet only reaching B above the staff. Tenor plays melody and has a chance to im...

An beautiful ECM-ish (8/8) ballad that features tenor saxophone. Lots of colors are created by combinations of woodwinds, muted brass and guitar. (Sax dbls: Alto 1-flute; alto 2 and tenor 2-clarinet;...

Here's a bright and appealing jazz waltz that features a duet of flugel and tenor sax along with an easy flowing feel and style. Punctuated with sophisticated and well-scored ensemble feature spots, t...